The 2000 Saint-Veran Domaine La Batie offers tropical fruit aromas and a pear and apple-flavored core of fruit. It should be drunk over the next 2 years. Bravo! to Georges Duboeuf for this impressive line-up of wines, and for the fact that he has remained true to his goal of delivering high quality at consumer friendly prices. Importers: William Deutsch and Sons, White Plains, NY; tel (914) 251-9463, and Winesellers Ltd., Skokie, IL; tel (847) 679-0121.